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as_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n 186._o and_o a_o sincere_a conformity_n of_o our_o heart_n and_o life_n to_o the_o nature_n and_o life_n of_o christ._n thus_o baptism_n be_v a_o public_a profession_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n that_o we_o believe_v the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n own_o his_o authority_n and_o submit_v to_o his_o government_n 182._o and_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v a_o federal_n rite_n which_o answer_v to_o the_o feast_n or_o sacrifice_n under_o the_o law_n whereby_o we_o renew_v our_o covenant_n with_o the_o lord_n and_o vow_v obedience_n and_o subjection_n to_o he_o etc._n etc._n for_o answer_v baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v ordinance_n institute_v by_o christ_n in_o a_o habitude_n to_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n as_o it_o mutual_o oblige_v both_o on_o god_n part_n and_o out_v according_o they_o may_v be_v consider_v either_o as_o they_o respect_v we_o or_o as_o they_o respect_v god_n who_o have_v institute_v and_o ordain_v 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represent_v the_o spirit_n say_v dr._n patrick_n be_v very_o well_o signify_v by_o water_n 31._o for_o as_o that_o cleanse_v &_o purify_v from_o filth_n so_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v the_o sanctifier_n of_o god_n people_n purge_v and_o cleanse_v their_o heart_n from_o all_o impurity_n now_o the_o spirit_n be_v no_o otherwise_o the_o spring_n and_o principle_n of_o all_o our_o sanctification_n but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o bond_n and_o vinculum_fw-la of_o our_o mystical_a union_n with_o christ_n out_o of_o who_o fullness_n we_o receive_v all_o the_o grace_n which_o we_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o therefore_o baptism_n be_v a_o representation_n of_o the_o effusion_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v also_o a_o adumbration_n of_o the_o union_n which_o we_o plead_v for_o 2_o as_o to_o the_o lord_n supper_n as_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v a_o visible_a symbol_n and_o badge_n of_o our_o abide_n in_o christ_n into_o who_o by_o baptism_n we_o be_v initiate_v and_o a_o obligation_n to_o all_o 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to_o harmonise_v with_o verity_n
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find_v to_o lie_v among_o themselves_o for_o if_o any_o be_v guilty_a of_o introduce_v a_o mystic_a theology_n out_o of_o plato_n and_o proclus_n and_o of_o allegorise_v the_o scripture_n according_a to_o a_o pretend_a cabala_n they_o be_v the_o man_n nor_o do_v any_o else_o that_o i_o know_v of_o make_v such_o fantastical_a application_n of_o scripture_n to_o purpose_n distant_a from_o its_o own_o as_o those_o who_o style_v themselves_o son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v but_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o truth_n nor_o zeal_n for_o god_n but_o malice_n and_o interest_n that_o sway_n be_v some_o man_n in_o their_o discourse_n and_o write_n the_o nonconformist_n be_v the_o person_n against_o who_o they_o be_v prejudice_v and_o of_o who_o they_o never_o think_v but_o with_o forestall_a judgement_n or_o bias_v passion_n and_o therefore_o they_o only_o must_v be_v load_v both_o by_o wrest_v the_o most_o innocent_a passage_n in_o their_o write_n to_o a_o perverse_a sense_n and_o meaning_n and_o by_o transfer_v &_o impute_v to_o they_o the_o foolery_n of_o other_o with_o every_o thing_n else_o that_o may_v render_v they_o contemptible_a §_o 6._o that_o there_o be_v many_o figure_n in_o scripture_n and_o that_o many_o thing_n be_v speak_v in_o metaphorical_a term_n in_o condescension_n and_o accommodation_n to_o our_o capacity_n &_o that_o there_o be_v certain_a measure_n by_o which_o we_o may_v distinguish_v between_o thing_n metaphorical_o and_o proper_o speak_v have_v be_v already_o declare_v the_o next_o enquiry_n be_v by_o what_o mean_v we_o may_v attain_v the_o true_a conception_n that_o be_v lock_v up_o under_o metaphor_n there_o be_v no_o schem'_v of_o speech_n that_o be_v more_o liable_a to_o be_v mistake_v and_o wrest_v to_o a_o perverse_a sense_n than_o metaphor_n be_v the_o instance_n in_o which_o one_o thing_n may_v resemble_v another_o be_v so_o many_o and_o the_o power_n of_o imagination_n so_o great_a that_o in_o nothing_o may_v a_o man_n soon_o 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